http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_26512The last paragraph I assume is an April Fools joke!!!!"Considering the anniversary as well as price increase, we've decided to offer all our imagery free of charge for the day. Designers or simple members will be able to download any images for free, promoting the site to their business partners, associates or friends. This is available only for a 24 hour window on April 1st 2011 and should allow everyone to adjust to the new price structure."

ETA: I've just seen on their facebook page that it isn't a joke but it is the Editors choice images being offered free. Does this mean that we won't get paid for them.?? I have some of my best sellers as editors choice and am not at all happy if it means that everybody is getting them free and I don't get paid for them!!

Can anybody make sense of what this means?"A new experimental feature, "Choose your price", gets launched today for a limited number of customers. This feature is available for downloads via lightboxes and is consequently targeting volume buyers. Designers will be allowed to set their own pricing for the files they prepare to download. The feature is using an elaborated algorithm that ensures that contributors receive royalties above minimum required (credit-based). The price that is set by the designer will be split between the agency and the contributors according to each file's level and per our royalties chart."

Considering the anniversary as well as price increase, we've decided to offer all our imagery free of charge for the day. Designers or simple members will be able to download any images for free, promoting the site to their business partners, associates or friends. This is available only for a 24 hour window on April 1st 2011 and should allow everyone to adjust to the new price structure.

Considering the anniversary as well as price increase, we've decided to offer all our imagery free of charge for the day. Designers or simple members will be able to download any images for free, promoting the site to their business partners, associates or friends. This is available only for a 24 hour window on April 1st 2011 and should allow everyone to adjust to the new price structure.

I'm glad the free giveaway is restricted to editor's choice and is being done without notice, otherwise the thieves would have a field day. Phew!

We still need more info on the experimental feature. I fail to see how having buyers set the price they want to pay can do anything except slash prices but he says the commissions will still be at least the minimum for a given type of sale. Confusing. At least it's only a trial run. Or is this and April Fool, too?

Considering the anniversary as well as price increase, we've decided to offer all our imagery free of charge for the day. Designers or simple members will be able to download any images for free, promoting the site to their business partners, associates or friends. This is available only for a 24 hour window on April 1st 2011 and should allow everyone to adjust to the new price structure.

If it is some wierd april fools joke I'm sure it won't win any friends.

Considering the anniversary as well as price increase, we've decided to offer all our imagery free of charge for the day. Designers or simple members will be able to download any images for free, promoting the site to their business partners, associates or friends. This is available only for a 24 hour window on April 1st 2011 and should allow everyone to adjust to the new price structure.

So does this mean roughly this: the prices shifted, so the new level 0 is the previous level 1 prices. So in reality all our pics with any download moved one level up from price perspective?

Yeah, that is what I get from it. Level 1 images are divided up into 2 groups now. Level 0 and Level 1. All the other levels are the same, although most prices received a credit increase by 2. Level 0 also introduces a new slightly lower royalty rate of 25%

All in all i think this should increase our earnings.

I also really like that Dreamstime makes the table easy to understand and clear about what is being changed / updated.

So does this mean roughly this: the prices shifted, so the new level 0 is the previous level 1 prices. So in reality all our pics with any download moved one level up from price perspective?

Apparently (if I'm not a double fool). But it's more than that. The number of credits to buy an image also goes up for various sizes. It should be a very significant boost to earnings, if the designers stay on board. Subscription royalties also go up by 20% (though rather confusingly there they have put the new rate AFTER the old one, instead of the other way round at is is for credit sales.

If this is an April fools joke, it's really pathetic. If it isn't an April fools joke, what a crazy time to announce it. Perhaps they do want to change their price structure on April 1st but they could of told us yesterday. I'm not even going to look at it until it's confirmed that this isn't just a joke.

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http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_26512The last paragraph I assume is an April Fools joke!!!!"Considering the anniversary as well as price increase, we've decided to offer all our imagery free of charge for the day. Designers or simple members will be able to download any images for free, promoting the site to their business partners, associates or friends. This is available only for a 24 hour window on April 1st 2011 and should allow everyone to adjust to the new price structure."

ETA: I've just seen on their facebook page that it isn't a joke but it is the Editors choice images being offered free. Does this mean that we won't get paid for them.?? I have some of my best sellers as editors choice and am not at all happy if it means that everybody is getting them free and I don't get paid for them!!

Can anybody make sense of what this means?"A new experimental feature, "Choose your price", gets launched today for a limited number of customers. This feature is available for downloads via lightboxes and is consequently targeting volume buyers. Designers will be allowed to set their own pricing for the files they prepare to download. The feature is using an elaborated algorithm that ensures that contributors receive royalties above minimum required (credit-based). The price that is set by the designer will be split between the agency and the contributors according to each file's level and per our royalties chart."

Yes of course it's serious and not just today. All they are saying is that if you are selective about what you upload and the photos are perfect then they will accept them. It's just a tongue in the cheek way of saying it.

Yes of course it's serious and not just today. All they are saying is that if you are selective about what you upload and the photos are perfect then they will accept them. It's just a tongue in the cheek way of saying it.

I wish this foolish day is over. :-)Maybe I was confused because they didn't say "...and no similars".....